Star Wars: 10 Reasons Why We Already Know Rey Is A Skywalker

But while Han might be oblivious to her origin, the much more Force sensitive Leia—who is a Skywalker herself—seems to implicitly know Rey. When the girl appears at the Resistance’s base at the end of The Force Awakens, Leia embraces her not like a stranger who also mourns the loss of Han Solo, but as if she is a long lost family member. And later, after learning the location of Luke from R2-D2, she does not mount a massive envoy to bring Luke home like she first wished for upon BB-8’s successful return to the Resistance. Rather, she sends Rey alone with two other old friends of Luke named R2-D2 and Chewbacca.

This is because Leia knows that Rey is more than just a new Force sensitive ally/student in the war against the First Order; she’s also family. And more importantly, she’s the one family member who might be able to convince Luke to come home and pick up his lightsaber for one more battle.

R2-D2 Doesn’t Get Up for Just Anybody…

But perhaps the most telling piece of evidence to Rey’s heritage is how the always cagey and secretive R2-D2 reacts to her being on his planet for the first time. Until Rey reached the Resistance base, R2-D2 stayed in a comatose low-power mode, awaiting Luke’s return. Even after BB-8 brought Artoo the missing piece of the puzzle to Luke’s hiding place, Artoo remained the self-important jackass who once refused to play the full Princess Leia message for Luke all those decades ago.

Yet when in the presence of Rey, R2-D2 started singing like a canary about Luke’s secrets. This is because Rey is more than just a powerful, potential Jedi. In fact, she carries the same blood as Luke. Of course, so does General Leia Organa. But Artoo had strict orders from Luke to wait for someone or something. Or perhaps, more specifically, sensing someone that R2-D2 knew very well but has not seen in years superseded those orders, and Artoo knew it was up to him to schedule a family reunion…

The Force Runs Strong in Her Family

All of this brings us back to the central point of The Force Awakens’ greatest mystery: Rey is Luke’s daughter.

Above are eight heavily underlined clues that foreshadow a reveal so obvious that it is rather curious they did not resolve it in this film. Rey is self-evidently strong with the Force, but she is also a force unto herself that Kylo Ren recognized upon mention of “a girl” on Jakku; she is a gifted pilot like all Skywalkers and Solos; she is summoned by Luke and Anakin’s lightaber, and with it she sees visions of her own childhood, as well as Kylo’s betrayal of Luke; and she alone is able to rouse R2-D2 from his self-righteous slumber long enough to get things rolling.